The Party of National Conciliation is a conservative

Conservatism

Conservatism is a political and social philosophy that promotes the maintenance of traditional institutions and supports, at the most, minimal and gradual change in society. Some conservatives seek to preserve things as they are, emphasizing stability and continuity, while others oppose modernism...

 political party

Political party

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 in El Salvador

El Salvador

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. It was the most powerful political party in the country during the 1960s and 1970s, and was closely associated with the Salvadoran military. Julio Adalberto Rivera Carballo

Julio Adalberto Rivera Carballo

Julio Adalberto Rivera Carballo was president of El Salvador 1 July 1962 - 1 July 1967.Carballo was born in Zacatecoluca. He was a military officer who helped lead a military coup in 1961. From January 1961 to September 1961 he was a member of the Civic Military Directory which ruled El Salvador...

, a candidate of the National Conciliation Party, was elected president in 1962, and the next two presidents were also from the party. After the 1979 revolution the party declined in influence but continued to exist.

Today, it is considered relatively minor as compared with the two major organizations, ARENA

Nationalist Republican Alliance

The Nationalist Republican Alliance is a conservative political party in El Salvador. It was founded on September 30, 1981, by Roberto D'Aubuisson, in order to oppose the reformist military junta that was ruling El Salvador at the time...

 and the FMLN

Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front

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.

At the legislative elections

Salvadoran legislative election, 2003

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, held on 16 March 2003, the party won 13.0% of the popular vote and 16 out of 84 seats in the Legislative Assembly

Legislative Assembly of El Salvador

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. Its candidate in the presidential election

Salvadoran presidential election, 2004

A presidential election was held in El Salvador on Sunday, 21 March 2004. The Salvadoran people elected a new president, together with his vice-president, for a five-year term.Antonio "Tony" Saca of the ARENA party won the election...

 of 21 March 2004, José Rafael Machuca Zelaya, won 2.7%.
In the 12 March 2006 legislative election

Salvadoran legislative election, 2006

A legislative election was held in El Salvador on 12 March 2006. The Salvadoran people elected 84 deputies to the Legislative Assembly for a term of three years.-Election results:...

, the party won 11.0 % of the popular vote and 10 out of 84 seats, a major decline in representation, but the party is still the third largest political party in El Salvador. At the January 18, 2009 legislative elections

Salvadoran legislative election, 2009

A parliamentary election was held in El Salvador on 18 January 2009. The leftist Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front was widely expected to win the most seats for the first time against the nationalist conservative Nationalist Republican Alliance...

the party won 11 seats.

With no party holding a majority, it can be seen as holding the balance of power. However, it usually sides with the conservative ARENA party.

While the party was technically to be disbanded after the 2004 election, in which its candidate did not gather the necessary 3% of the vote, it was allowed to hold onto its registration by decree; this decree was declared unconstitutional on 30 April 2011, and the party was thus disbanded.